Microsoft could force you to install Windows 10, making it harder for you to cancel or opt-out of upgrading

Microsoft is reportedly making it harder for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users to avoid the upgrade to Windows 10.

Reports are circulating that some Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users are claiming that the latest Windows 10 OS has begun to automatically install itself on their PCs.

Instead, a message says that the “upgrade to Windows 10 is ready,” and
prompts users to “restart your PC to begin the installation.” Another
user claims to have seen a countdown timer for installing Windows 10.

According to complaints by users, Windows Update screen is only offering them the option to either:Start the upgrade process, or Reschedule the upgrade for a later date .

Some users now claim that they no longer see an option in the Control Panel to install updates to their current version of Windows., with an option to reschedule but no way to call off the upgrade entirely.

Microsoft said that the issue occurred with an optional update in Windows Update that was checked by default. Microsoft has now acknowledged the issue and reverted the checkbox, calling it "a mistake." The issue actually resided in the Windows Update process. Microsoft has listed Windows 10 as an "Optional" update, and normally these updates are unticked, meaning a user has to manually check them to install the OS – it shouldn't be installed automatically.

Now this recent so-called mistake by Microsoft shows that how much the company is desperate to bring Windows 7 and Windows 8 users onto Windows 10.